Monthly Archives: June 2018

Members of the New Zealand National Rugby Team, known as the “All Blacks”, teamed-up with AIG Insurance Co. to produce a Japanese video that shows work-site “gymnastics exercises”. It is seriously funny seeing this four giant rugby players teaching you how to perform Japanese work-site “gymnastics exercises”. So do yourself a favor and watch, learn,…

From July 13 to August 26, 2018, the Pokemon Center at Sunshine City in Tokyo, Japan will hold its 20th Anniversary Celebration, called the “Meeting Evey Celebration-Pokemon Center 20th Anniversary Festival!” During this time, a special stamp rally will be held around Sunshine City and Landmark Plaza. The goal is to collect stamps of Eve…

In the latest “smelly” news from Japan, Mandom Co. Ltd. in Japan has been conducting studies about body odor, in an effort to develop better deodorant products. And of course, summertime seems to be the perfect time for their studies, because, you know, hot Japanese summers means more sweat. Sounds like a fun job…right? Well,…

Teen Spirit Co., Ltd., a Japanese entertainment production company, will be holding open auditions for a new female idol group this Summer! To qualify for the auditions you must be 12 to 18 years old, and not have a contract with any other record company, production company, or music publisher. Oh yeah, you also have…

Japanese people all over Japan, and all over the world, are celebrating their “Japanese Blue” Soccer team today. Though Japan lost their World Cup soccer match against Poland today by a score of 1-0, they still managed to get through to the Round of 16. This is a pretty big deal, as Japan has only…

Marsh Co., Ltd, a Japanese marketing research company, recently conducted a survey in which they asked Japanese people how often they ate homemade bento (lunch box). And here are the results! About 41.3% of the people answered that they ate a homemade bento at least once a week, while about 49.9% said they almost never…

On Wednesday, the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly—Tokyo’s Governing Body—passed an ordinance that will strengthen regulations that prohibit smoking in many Tokyo establishments. Most Americans are accustomed to laws against smoking (and second-hand smoking) in public establishments, such as restaurants, bars, and businesses. It’s very common to see smokers standing outside of these places in all kinds…